Syncletica also said, ‘It is dangerous for a man to try teaching before he is trained in the good life. … More

orthodoxgladness: Every time you can help someone, just do it and rejoice that God answers someone’s prayers through you… The … More

“In our narrow cell beneath the earth among the meanest things of creation, when our very blanket of soil may … More

“In our narrow cell beneath the earth among the meanest things of creation, when our very blanket of soil may … More

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always … More

orthodoxgladness: To learn to speak well and without sin, you must learn to be silent. – Schema-monk Zosimas

“The soul cannot see herself in herself; she can only see herself in God.” – St. Catherine of Siena

wisdomoftheholyfathers: I have done so many things against my brothers and my sisters. I have sinned against them and, most … More

“God carries each person along a different road, so that you will scarcely find two people following the same path in even half of their journey to God.”

nowhere-herenow: – St. John of the Cross God made each of us intentionally. We are made with true deliberation. Each … More

“For our desires are our chains, and to be entangled in them is to be a slave. To free ourselves … More